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9:20 AM ET, August 5, 2025

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Eleanor Klibanoff / The Texas Tribune:
Texas House votes to issue arrest warrants for Democrats who left state to block congressional redistricting  —  The warrants apply only within state lines, making them largely symbolic as most of the legislators in question decamped to Illinois, New York and Massachusetts.
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Wall Street Journal:
Texas Reopens the Gerrymander Wars  —  Congress could limit the mutual assured political destruction as partisans move to redistrict more than once a decade.  —  Dozens of Texas Democrats skedaddled on Sunday, fleeing the state to prevent Republicans from passing a new U.S. House map that's intended …
Punchbowl News:
Vance heads to Indiana on redistricting, Cali Dems eye 5 GOP seats … The trip by Vance isn't formally scheduled yet.  But the White House and GOP allies have been exploring redistricting Indiana's map as part of their broad push to create more Republican seats across the country.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
GOP effort forms to shut down Texas vs. California redistricting war … - The bill would “stop a damaging redistricting war from breaking out across the country,” Kiley said in a press release previewing the measure.  — Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), who previously told Axios he is uneasy …
NBC News:
Epstein victims blast Justice Department over lack of transparency
Saul Elbein / The Hill:
Abbott orders arrest of Democrats who fled Texas
Politico:   Trump and Schumer head for a high-stakes rematch
Office of the Texas Governor:
Governor Abbott Orders Texas Department Of Public Safety To Arrest Delinquent House Democrats
Sam Skove / Politico:
Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon … President Donald Trump named Duffy as interim administrator in July after abruptly withdrawing the nomination of billionaire Jared Isaacman amid a spat with the nominee's ally, Elon Musk.  —  Duffy also offered a directive to more quickly replace …
Mike Potter / WALV-TV:
Purdue student detained by ICE released after stay in troubled Louisiana holding facility  —  Yeonsoo Go, 20, was detained after her immigration hearing in Manhattan and taken away by ICE agents. … WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A 20-year-old Purdue University student who was detained by Immigration …
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Joe Torres / abc7NY:
Scarsdale High School grad released after being detained by ICE for several days
Discussion: Gothamist and WAGA-TV
Fox News:
DOJ launching grand jury investigation into Russiagate conspiracy allegations  —  Pam Bondi acts on Tulsi Gabbard's criminal referral claiming intelligence community suppression  —  EXCLUSIVE: Attorney General Pam Bondi directed her staff Monday to act on the criminal referral from Director …
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NBC News:
Pam Bondi orders grand jury probe of Obama administration review of 2016 election
Wall Street Journal:
White House Preps Order to Punish Banks That Discriminate Against Conservatives  —  The president is expected to sign an executive order as soon as this week that targets so-called debanking of businesses including crypto companies  —  The White House is preparing to step up pressure …
NPS.gov:
National Park Service to restore and reinstall Albert Pike statue  —  WASHINGTON - The National Park Service announced today that it will restore and reinstall the bronze statue of Albert Pike, which was toppled and vandalized during riots in June 2020.  The restoration aligns …
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Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
Statue of Confederate General Albert Pike to be reinstalled in Washington
Discussion: NBC News and New York Post
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Marjorie Taylor Greene presses Trump to pardon George Santos  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is urging the Trump administration to pardon former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), who is serving a seven-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
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Casey Gannon / CNN:
New non-profit law firm in DC aims to challenge Trump's executive power  —  A group of well-known Washington lawyers is opening a law firm focused on challenging President Donald Trump's executive orders and agency actions as he strives to dramatically reshape the federal government during his second term.
Discussion: Reuters
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Brazil Supreme Court orders house arrest of ex-president Bolsonaro  —  Brazil's Supreme Court ordered the house arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday as he awaits trial over an alleged coup plot to overturn his 2022 election loss, which the Trump ally denies.
Amichai Stein / Jerusalem Post:
Netanyahu decides on full occupation of Gaza Strip, IDF activity in areas with hostages, PMO says  —  An Israeli official told the ‘Post’ that Netanyahu will convene a meeting on Gaza and a hostage deal, noting that “the prime minister is considering all available options regarding next steps.
New York Times:
A Look Inside Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan Lair … A sculpture of a bride clinging to a rope dangled in a central atrium of Jeffrey Epstein's mansion.  —  As a gift for Jeffrey Epstein's 63rd birthday, friends sent letters in tribute to the wealthy financier and convicted sex offender.
New York Times:
Trump's Deal-Making With Other Elite Schools Scrambles Harvard Negotiations  —  The university was open to spending $500 million, but a $50 million settlement with Brown has prompted new debates in Cambridge.  —  By the start of last week, Harvard University had signaled its readiness …
Discussion: New Republic and MSNBC
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Top Hegseth aide tried to oust senior White House liaison from Pentagon  —  The unusual dispute received White House intervention and appears rooted in deeper frustrations over failed attempts to fill jobs on the defense secretary's staff.  —  Just now  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's acting chief …
Hamed Aleaziz / New York Times:
Inside Trump's New Tactic to Separate Immigrant Families … Evgeny and Evgeniia, who fled their native Russia to seek political asylum, have been separated from their 8-year-old son, Maksim, since May.The New York Times  —  Evgeny and Evgeniia faced an excruciating choice.
Bonchie / RedState:
Incredibly Disturbing: Disgusting Hack Jim Acosta ‘Interviews’ AI Version of School Shooting Victim  —  This may be the craziest story I've ever covered on this site, and that's saying something.  Jim Acosta, who was recently booted from CNN, is promoting an “interview” he did with a deceased school shooting victim.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Pope Leo Most Favorably Viewed of 14 Newsmakers  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Among 14 prominent U.S. and global figures, Pope Leo XIV has the most positive image by far, with many more Americans viewing him favorably than unfavorably.  His 57% favorable rating and 11% unfavorable rating result …
Discussion: Issues & Insights
Will McCarthy / Politico:
Schwarzenegger ready to fight Newsom on redistricting … Now, the fight has returned to his home state, as Newsom aims to redraw California's U.S. House maps before the midterm elections to offset a similar Republican-led effort unfolding in Texas.  Since such a move would undo …
Khaleda Rahman / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Doubles Down on Mathematically Impossible Drug Price Cuts  —  President Donald Trump has doubled down on his claim of reducing drug prices by amounts that are mathematically impossible.  —  Trump told reporters on Sunday that his administration had cut the price of some prescription drugs by as much as 1,500 percent.
Financial Times:
The covert trip by Iranian nuclear experts to Russia  —  An Iranian delegation visited Russian scientific institutes that produce dual-use technologies — components with potential applications in nuclear weapons research  —  At 9.40am on August 4 last year, Mahan Air flight W598 …
Discussion: Vox and Algemeiner.com
Lisa Song / ProPublica:
The Trump Administration Is Promoting Its Anti-Trans Agenda Globally at the United Nations  —  U.S. delegates have objected to use of the word “gender” in U.N. documents during forums on topics as varied as women's rights, science and technology, global health, toxic pollution and chemical waste.
Discussion: Grist
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Judges Openly Doubt Government as Justice Dept. Misleads and Dodges Orders  —  Legal experts say such concern from the bench could have a more systemic effect, eroding the healthy functioning of the courts.  —  Justice Department lawyers have long enjoyed a professional benefit when they appear in court.
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Slate
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
A stock trading ban for Congress is a no-brainer.  And yet.  —  🗣️ Paid subscribers keep Public Notice free.  If you appreciate our fiercely independent coverage of American politics, please sign up and support us.  👇  —  When he signed the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge …
Discussion: Popular Information and MSNBC
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs / Forbes:
Almost 90% Of Americans Are Worried About The Cost Of Groceries  —  Topline  —  Almost 90% of American adults say they're stressed about the cost of groceries, a new poll out Monday shows, as the price of food rises and items like poultry, ground beef and eggs see the biggest cost jumps.
 
 
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Jonathan Zimmerman / Washington Monthly:
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Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
MAGA Super PAC Releases New Ad Against Thomas Massie
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Reuters:
Ex-aide to far-right lawmaker on trial in Germany for China spying
Matthew Hennessey / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Tariffs Do Invisible Damage
Discussion: Cafe Hayek and Townhall
Antonio María Delgado / Miami Herald:
Feds say Smartmatic bribed Venezuela's top election official with luxury home
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons / MSNBC:
The DHS is blasphemously quoting Bible verses to defend deporting migrants
Discussion: Raw Story
Felicia Schwartz / Politico:
Rwanda agrees to take up to 250 migrant deportees
Discussion: Associated Press and Reuters
Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
I'm Not Panicking. I'm Outraged.
Axios:
Scoop: Brown interviewing campaign managers for Ohio Senate race
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
State Department may require visa applicants to post bond of up to $15,000 to enter the US
Courtney Rozen / Reuters:
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